The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that president, Muhammadu Buhari performed very well when compared to what his administration met when he took over power in 2015.
Newsonline reports that Tinubu said that was the reason he will build on the legacy of Buhari if elected in 2023. He, however, lamented that Nigerians have not been fair in how they are accessing the president following what he met on ground in 2015 and the economic crisis around the world.
The former governor of Lagos State, Tinubu, stated this on Tuesday, at the 3rd ministerial performance review retreat at the presidential villa, Abuja.
Tinubu said, “Mr. President and other members of the administration, may I state the following: if elected, I will give due honour to your efforts and your legacy. I will work in the spirit of cordial unity, a national purpose that informed the creation of our party and characterized the work of your government.
“Most importantly, that the way and means of a Tinubu government will be devoted to further projects and prosper the Nigerian people because our guiding principle will be to provide the best of progressive governance and reform our beloved land.”
Bola Tinubu told the president, Buhari that when his nine points agenda with which he used to campaign to get into power is accessed with the developmental strides he made in infrastructural, every well meaning Nigerian will agree he has done well.
“Consider these three promises to be a positive outgrowth of your nine-point agenda. On behalf of all well-meaning Nigerians, I wish you a successful retreat and pray to Almighty God that your efforts will continue to bear fruits for our nation and its future.” Tinubu stated.
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He lamented that Nigerians have failed to acknowledge that Buhari’s administration met the country in steep condition.
He said, “This administration inherited a national condition steep in difficulty unlike any other. Predecessor governments ignored or lacked the will to tackle serious problems ranging from insecurity to corruption. As if that was not enough, you confronted a series of events unprecedented, compounded by the severity, complexity and novelty of COVID (which) attacked both global health and the global economy.
He further lamented, “Throughout most of your tenure, oil prices waned and edged and consequently, so did our revenue. The Ukrainian crisis and other conflicts, coupled with severe weather events in many nations, further depleted economic production and undermined international supply chains of critical items, especially food. You did more than persevere and withstand these adverse storms, despite it all, you made historic progress”.
Tinubu further said, “during this retreat, you have been assessing and will still assess the status of your nine-point agenda.
“You will discuss things in great detail. Yet, permit me to highlight a few points to prompt the memory of those who somehow tend to forget the recent past.
“Upon entering office, you faced a situation where deadly terrorists were planting flags on our national territory, proclaiming an illegal state within our legitimate state. Because of your collective work, they no longer plant those flags, they dare not. Their boast of conquest is no longer heard. You have put us on the road to defeating this menace. By the grace of Almighty God, we shall persist until terrorists and those like them are utterly removed from the face of our nation.
“The progress you made increasing farm productivity while improving the condition of the average farmer, were important policy interventions, helping the nation overcome the global supply chain disruptions that threaten our food security.
“Despite financial headwinds, you embarked on an unparalleled expansion of the national infrastructure. Work in the power sector may be slow, but it will show some dividends amidst increased investors’ confidence in this area.”
